Table 1 Analysis of deviance table testing influence of treatment, species and their interaction (dispersal cue x species) on mite behavioural responses.

Feeding

dispersal cue

3

42.7

<0.0001

species

1

257.0

<0.0001

dispersal cue × species

3

5.1

0.1674

Walking

dispersal cue

3

57.7

<0.0001

species

1

258.9

<0.0001

dispersal cue × species

3

7.1

0.0674

Standing erect

dispersal cue

3

31.1

<0.0001

species

1

9.2

0.0024

dispersal cue × species

3

5.1

0.1632

Chain formation

dispersal cue

3

17.1

0.0007

species

1

14.3

0.0001

dispersal cue × species

3

6.5

0.0912